I listened to the Beck talk again

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

We should have some of best and brightest, most educated women being the leaders, not just the average run of the mill types there.

You are seriously a piece of work.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

You are seriously a piece of work.

We cherish you Indy, we really do.

[Tex]

Beck is an idiot. I'll bet she has never stepped 15 feet beyond the Murray city limits except to spout her idealistic nonsense from the Conference Center pulpit. How do such uninformed, unimpressive people get to be at the head of this church? "Weak things of the earth," my butt.

I'm tired of these pompous, condescending men and women telling us what to do. Who do they think they are, God's mouthpieces?

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Archaea

We should have some of best and brightest, most educated women being the leaders, not just the average run of the mill types there.

But that would require a change in thinking and a variance from the norm. Mormons don't like change - unless of course it is forced by the socio-political climate of the day.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Requiem

But that would require a change in thinking and a variance from the norm. Mormons don't like change - unless of course it is forced by the socio-political climate of the day.

Change is very, very slow in our society. We are afraid of change, and we are afraid to do things the way others do. Sometimes this helps but often how others do things, especially if our way isn't working as well as one might hope, it wouldn't hurt to follow the lead of others.

We have some bright women, why not use them, especially the single sisters who aren't married and having children as they should.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Change is very, very slow in our society. We are afraid of change, and we are afraid to do things the way others do. Sometimes this helps but often how others do things, especially if our way isn't working as well as one might hope, it wouldn't hurt to follow the lead of others.

We have some bright women, why not use them, especially the single sisters who aren't married and having children as they should.

A couple of thoughts:

1. Change, purely for the sake of change, is folly.

2. Accepting the proposed change(s) requires being able to project whether or not the new way constitutes an demonstrable improvement over the status quo, rather than the mere exchange of one set of deficiencies for another.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Archaea

We have some bright women, why not use them, especially the single sisters who aren't married and having children as they should.

Does Sherri Dew qualify?

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Does Sherri Dew qualify?

Worms? Check.

Can? Check.

Can opener? Check.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I suppose there might be little harm in it, but it seems odd for our international women's organization to have a President who seems so ordinary. Why we don't have a woman physician who is on top of her game, or a woman author leading the group is beyond me. Here we have a non-working mother of three with nothing extraordinary to her name. And then she gives such a lame talk.

I believe that talk proves the speakers write their own talks.

This implies that you don't get what Beck is preaching. It's impossible for you to believe that the best and the brightest and extraordinary would be at home raising kids.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Worms? Check.

Can? Check.

Can opener? Check.

Heh. He opened the door. I just happened to walk through it.